Consulting Associate

About Marakon

Marakon is a premier corporate strategy consulting firm with a 45-year heritage working with CEOs of some of the world's best-known companies to tackle their toughest business challenges. We bring tailored, objective advice and deep industry experience to help CEOs make better decisions about where, how and when to deploy strategic resources in the pursuit of sustainable value creation. Our clients hire us when their ambitions are high but the way forward is unclear, and when long-term success is as important as immediate impact. Marakon has been part of Charles River Associates, a leading global consulting firm, since 2009, offering the opportunity for Marakon to access a broad selection of experts in diverse fields.

Our focus on C-suite strategic issues means that every project will impact company-wide performance and you will work directly with a global client base and their most senior leadership teams. Our collaborative, close-knit culture fosters professional and personal development, with a focus on early responsibility and driving thinking from the start.

Position Overview

Marakon consultants help solve complex business problems and advise our clients. Using strategic, financial and organisational analysis, consultants develop and evaluate strategy alternatives and ensure those strategies can be executed. Our consultants deliver structured quantitative and qualitative analyses within our client organisations. Typical responsibilities may include:

• Work closely with senior colleagues to deliver strategy consulting projects that address specific client needs;
• Conduct independent research to identify, collect, manage and analyse data using spreadsheets;
• Contribute to internal discussions that build insights from the analytical process and integrate findings into broader project deliverables;
• Facilitate industry, market structure, and competitor-positioning studies using secondary research and/or primary research surveys or interviews;
• Assume responsibility for generating sections of client reports, presentations and other client deliverables (e.g. Excel workbooks and PowerPoint presentations) under supervision;
• Proactively develop knowledge of consulting methodologies;
• Play a pivotal role in practice-building activities (training, recruiting, marketing, publication, expertise sharing, etc.).

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree, with a strong record of academic success (minimum 2.1 attainment) from a top university;
• 2-3 years of previous commercial experience, management consulting, investment banking, and corporate strategy experience particularly desirable;
• Experience building quantitative and analytical models in Excel;
• Ability to analyse financial information, develop financial forecasts, and translate complex financial principles into guidance for action;
• Curious and analytical thinkers who bring creative approaches to non-standard problems;
• Effective oral and written communication skills;
• Demonstrated problem solving, executive engagement, and empathy;
• Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities;
• Genuine (and well-motivated) interest in strategy consulting.

To Apply

To be considered for this position, please submit the following:

• Resume – please include current address, personal email and telephone number;
• Cover Letter– please describe your interest in Marakon and how this role matches your goals.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis for immediate hire.

Career Growth and Benefits 

• Charles River Associate's robust skills development programs, including a commitment to offering 100 hours of training annually through formal and informal programs, encourage you to thrive as an individual and team member. Beginning with research and analysis skill building, training continues with technical training, presentation skills, internal seminars, and career mentoring and performance coaching from an assigned senior colleague. Additional leadership and collaboration opportunities exist through internal firm development activities.
• We offer a comprehensive total rewards program including a superior benefits package, wellness programming to support physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being, and in-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers.

Work Location Flexibility

Charles River Associates creates a work environment that enables our colleagues to benefit from being together in the office to best deliver on our promise of career growth, mentorship and inclusivity. At the same time, we recognise that individuals realise a range of benefits when working from home periodically. We currently ask that individuals spend 3 to 4 days a week on average working in the office (which may include traveling to another Charles River Associates office or to a client's location), with specific days determined in coordination with your practice or team. At certain times of the year (e.g. holiday periods), additional remote work options are offered to those whose work commitments permit it, although our offices remain open for those who choose or need to be there.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Charles River Associates is an equal opportunity employer (Equality Act As part of our focus on equity and inclusion, we work to ensure a fair and consistent hiring process. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to an inclusive work environment.

The statements included in this job description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.